Adjustable garment-hanger



T, KAUFER. v ADJUSTABLE GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1920.

1,377,83 Patented may 1921,

THEODORE KAUFER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

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ASSIGNOE T0 KAUFER MIANUFACTUBING COMPANY, INC, OF NEW YORK, N. "55., ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed July 31, 1920.

To all to 710m. it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE Kaurnn, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in AdjustableGarment-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

This invention relates to garment hangers of the type shown in myapplication for patent filed May 1, 1920, Ser. No. 378,055 and havingmeans for positively holding thecollar and shoulders of a coat to thecorrect shape.

It is the object of the present invention to provide improved means foradjusting the garment hangers to fit dillerent sizes of coats, saidadjusting means being simplified in construction, easy to adjust and notapt to slip out of adjusted position.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompany ing drawings, which constitute part of this specification, andthen more specifically defined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several viewsFigure 1 is a side elevation of a garment hanger made substantially inaccordance with this invention, the positions of the collar and shoulderholding members under the weight of the garment being indicated indotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hanger without the supporting chains.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a piece of sltiect metal cut to the propershape for forming the adjusting connection between the arm loops of thehanger.

Fig. 4: is an end view of said connecting member,showing one of theloops in section.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line V-JJ of Fig. 4:, showing one adjustmentof the loops and also indicating adjusting notches in dotted lines aswell as holes in solid lines, and

Fig. 6 is an under plan view of said connecting member with the innerend portions of the loops engaged therewith.

The connecting member 1 is preferably made of a single piece of sheetmetal, as shown in Fig. 3, the same being cut into the Specification ofLetters Patent.

l atented May it), 1921.

Serial No. 400,327.

general shape of a rectangle with laterally extending lugs 2 at the endsof its side edges. aid sheet when out to the form illustrated in Fig. 3,is being bent along the dotted lines shown in said figure to the shapebest illustrated in Fig, 4, the bends along the marginal lines 3 beingat right ngles in the same direction, the bonds along the next lines 4being also at right angles in the same directions so as to bring the lugcarrying edge portions in the same plane, and the bends on the otherlines 5, 6, and 7 being such as a bend the portions between said linesupon themselves and from longitudinally ext-ending partitions 8 in theconnecting member. In these partitions 8 rows of holes 9 are formedspaced at intervals from the opposite ends of the connecting member.Instead of the holes 9 notches 10, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5,or any other suitable openings may be used forengagement with theoppositely bent endsll of the spring arms 12 of the shoulder loops 13 ofthe hanger.

Said shoulder loops 13, which engage the shoulders of a coat when placedon the hanger, are formed of wire having sufiicient resiliency to holdtheir ends 11 in engage ment with the openings in the partitions 8 v inwhich they may be adjusted, it being understood that the length of thehanger may be adjusted to fit diilerent sizes of coats by placing theends 11 of the loops in diflerent ones of the openings in saidpartitions 8. Thelateral portions or the wire loops 0 said shouldermembers have inwardly bent portions 1 1- constituting bearings forcollar holding members 15, one of which is pivotally mounted on saidbearings of each shoulder member 13.

The collar holding members 15 are also made of wire bent to forminwardly extending loops 16 and having their diverging side portionscoiled at 17 around the bearings 14. The extremities of said sideportions extendbeyond the coils 17 and terminate close to the outer endsof the loops 13 so as to "form a continuous support for the collar andshoulders of a coat.

The inner ends of the loops 16 are connected by chains 18, or othersuitable flexible connections, to a ring 19 by means of which the hangermay be supported from a nail or hook, not shown. When a coat is placedon the hanger in the usual way and the same supported from the ring 19,the weight of the garment will cause the collar holding members 15 to,automatically turn on the bearings 14 so as to press into engagementwith the inside of said collar where they will hold it in stretchedposition so that no wrinkles or creases can remain or 'be formedtherein. Inasmuch as the collar holding members are carried by theshoulder members 13, the former will be necessarily adjusted with thelatter so that the collar of every size of coat will be properly held asjust described.

In order to support trousers or other garments from the hanger withoutinterfering with the proper holding of the coat, an ad j ustable rod 20depends from the ends of the loops 13 and extends across parallel to thehanger proper and at a suitable distance below the same. The rod 20 ispreferably made of two pieces of wire having their inner end portionsoverlapped and provided with sliding loops 21 each engaging theoverlapping portion of the other piece while the outer ends of said rodsor wires are bent around offset portions 22 in the ends of the loops 13.The rod 20 is thus adjustable with the main part of the hanger.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a garment hanger,the combination with a central connecting member having spaced openingsarranged at different distances from its ends, of shoulder membershaving lateral projections to engage any of said openings for adjustingthe hanger to fit different sizes of garments.

2. In a garment hanger, the combination with a central connecting memberhaving spaced openings arranged at different distances from its ends, ofshoulder members having lateral projections to engage any of saidopenings 'for adjusting the hanger to fit different sizes of garments,and resilient means for retaining saidprojections in said openings.

3. In a garment hanger, the combination with a central connecting memberof channel form having series of registering openings in its lateralwalls, of shoulder members in the form of resilient wire loops havingoppositely extending lateral projections to en gage any of said openin sfor adjusting the hanger to fit different sizes of garments.

4:. In a garment hanger, the combination with a central connectingmember of channel form" having longitudinal partitions spaced from itslateral walls, there being series of openings in said partitions, ofshoulder members having lateral projections to engage any of saidopenings for adjusting the hanger to fit different sizes of garments,the ends of said projections being housed within the lateral walls ofsaid connecting member.

5. In a garment hanger, the combination with a central connecting memberof channel form having longitudinal partitions spaced from its lateralwalls, said connecting memher being made of a single piece of sheetmetal bent and folded to form the partitions and body of the same, therebeing series of openings in said partitions, of shoulder members havinglateral projections to engage any of the openings for adjusting thehanger to fit different sizes of garments.

6. In a garment hanger, the combination with a central connecting memberof channel form having series of openings in its lateral walls,'ofshoulder members to extend into the ends of said channel member andprovided with lateral projections to engage any of said openings foradjusting the hanger to fit different sizes of garments, and inwardextensions on the margins of said channel for retaining the end portionsof the shoulder members against turning therein.

7 In a garment hanger, the combination with acentral'connecting memberof channel form having series of openings in its lateral walls, ofshoulder members to extend into the ends of said channel member andprovided with lateral projections on their end portions to engage any ofsaid openings for adjusting the hanger to fit different sizes ofgarments, and inward extensions on the margins of said channel forretaining the end portions of the shoulder members against turningtherein, said connecting member and inward extensions being made of asingle piece of sheet metal bent to the shape specified.

8. In a garment hanger, the combination with a central connecting memberof channel form having longitudinal partitions spaced from its lateralwalls, there being series of openings in said partitions, of shouldermembers to extend into the ends of the channel member between thepartitions and having lateral projections to engage any of said openingsfor adjusting the hanger to fit different sizes of garments,and inwardextensions at the margins of the lateral walls of said channel member,said extensionsoverlapping the partitions and serving to retain the endportions of the shoulder members againstturning in the connectingmember.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

THEODORE KA FEB.

